He was the most talked-about sportsman in North America, the evangelical
Christian with such an amazing habit of emerging victorious from the
tightest of spots that he became known as “God’s quarterback”.

Purists said that Tim Tebow couldn’t throw and was too slow. But somehow he
would scramble to last-second glory before dropping to one knee in a prayer
of celebration that became known as Tebowing.

Unhappily for those who saw something of the divine in him, the young
quarterback’s career at the top level may have come to an end as he was
released from his contract today by